What Does It Take to Fight Breast Cancer?

" I'm stepping outside my comfort zone telling my story. It was exactly a year ago that I shared my personal journey with breast cancer with our viewers on news four. Since then another quarter million women in the US have been diagnosed. Including my friend before reads a runner health -- And now patient at the -- and breast center at mount Sinai medical -- at -- hack so what we need to do this and get a sense of what it's hearing new baseline she's about to undergo her third round of chemotherapy and she comes with a prayer blanket and a cooler."

" I have to say it will. That would -- my hands with the goal of it is to not lose my fingernails and so far. It has worked."

" What didn't quite work was the effort to save her beautiful hair. If he had prayed every day that it wouldn't fall out and it lasted through two rounds of treatment but she woke up one day and it looked like this. I was with -- day she let it go from campaign. This matter which fingers. It's an intensely private person she felt support and a small circle of family and friends. And the staff you to -- breast center she doesn't -- many people about her diagnosis but she wanted to share this."

" You have to have determination and strength. They you have to surround yourself with people who love you they're going to -- you win them."

" Feelings for rabbi Janet Lewis diagnosed three years ago that love came from our congregation at north country reform temple I would come home to flowers and cards and it was really really amazing. I it really taught me the value of community. Good afternoon go for breast cancer or some even the voice of a stranger can bring comfort Robin and Katherine -- two of the more than 100 volunteers most all of them breast cancer survivors. Staffing when the nation's oldest breast cancer hotline here at Adelphi University on Long Island we can give you the names of facilities -- we can -- a low cost -- supported by small staff for 31 years the volunteers have fielded calls from thousands of women 365. Days a year their basement offices of refuge for women need."

" Calling the hotline and speaking to someone who had breast cancer 25 years ago and it's still healthy and talking to you. Just brings a lot of hope and hit into your life."

" Every woman every story is different but the commonality is the need for support. Doctor Adelson scoffs at critics who hated running walking and shopping for cure commercialize is the cause. We have dramatically. Increased the survival rates so that a lot of me. And all that money going to research is working and what's working through these women you're missing an opportunity if you don't share. Because people want to help you."

" Every day we have to give up -- Really just take at the time to put country coming together. Until you've conquered and won the battle."

" As for me on one year -- cancer free and moving forward. -- battle in New York nightly news."